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He said that about 100 Myanmar citizens, mostly police officers and their families, have crossed the border into India. Reuters A senior Indian officer.
An example is that of agent Tha Peng, who refused to shoot protesters to disperse them in the city of Khampat on 27 February. “The next day, an agent called me to ask if I would shoot,” he said. The 27-year-old boy again refused and Decided to leave the police force.
On 1 March, he left his family in Khampat and traveled for three days until he crossed the state of Mizoram in India. “I had no choice,” he told Reuters, For which you have indicated only part of the name. The agency confirmed his identity and a photograph of him wearing a police uniform, a force he had worked on for nine years, through documents.
Tha Peng revealed that, along with six colleagues, he disobeyed the orders of a senior officer, whose name he did not reveal. The events are described as similar to others given to the police in Mizoram, on 1 March by another corporal from Myanmar and three police officers who crossed the border into India.
In a joint statement to the Mizoram police, the four said, “As civil disobedience is gaining momentum and protests are taking place in different places, we are instructed to shoot the protesters.” “We don’t dare to shoot In our own people, peaceful demonstrators ”, he indicated.
The army submitted to the country’s government after the coup in Myanmar on 1 February. The military said it was exercising restraint in dealing with “rebel protesters” who accused it of attacking police officers and undermining national security and stability.
Thanh Peng is one of the first cases reported by the media of agents who are fleeing Myanmar after disobeying military junta orders.
Protests are taking place across the country against the coup, which has killed more than 60 protesters and 1,800 detainees, the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners reported, figures Reuters Failed to confirm. The prisoners also include the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, Who has already led the government.
Tha Peng indicated that, according to police regulations, protesters should be stopped with rubber bullets or shot below their knees. But, according to him, he received orders from his superiors to shoot “till they die”.
A police officer in Mandalay town, Nagun Haley, said he was ordered to shoot, not to specify the date, or to shoot to kill. The 23-year-old provided only part of his name and showed the documents, which arrived in India on 6 March.
The 24-year-old contingent said that he worked as a police officer in the city of Falam. Although her work was administrative, as the opposition grew, the woman became Directed to take protesters into custody, You refused. Fearing arrest, he decided to flee to Myanmar.
“Inside the police station, 90% [dos agentes] Supports protesters, but has no leader to unite them.
Protected by Indian paramilitary forces, the border between India and Myanmar has a “free movement regime”, which allows people to venture a few kilometers into Indian territory without the need for a travel permit.
Sawatun Win, deputy commissioner of Falam district in Myanmar, last week wrote to Champai’s top government official, Deputy Commissioner Maria CT Zuali, asking that eight agents entering India be repatriated Maintaining friendly relations between the two countries Neighbors “.
Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga told Reuters His government would provide temporary food and shelter for those fleeing Myanmar, but a decision on repatriation was pending from the federal government of India.
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